Fashion Show: 60 Years of Fashion Photography | Atlas Gallery

posted by Mel LuffMarch 10, 2016

￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼Fashion Show: 60 Years of Fashion Photography is the latest exhibition by Atlas Gallery. Charting the evolving styles of photography from the 50s to the present-day, the collection celebrates ‘the female form and the making of icons’ alongside uncommissioned work from renowned fashion photographers.

From Lillian Bassman’s black and white darkroom manipulations (1950s) to Tony McGee’s break from the traditions of studio photography (1980s) through to the contemporary and disparate works of Alec Soth and Miles Alridge, the exhibition documents the rise and development of fashion photography as we know it.

And with the National Portrait Gallery’s launch of Vogue 100 this month, it seems fashion photography is leading the way in the cultural calendar. But this smaller, and significantly cheaper (it’s free) exhibition certainly isn’t one to miss.